Just 2 C U Smile: POEM The Day Carol was Born (A recollection on her 23rd Birthday)

Why am I blogging?

My daughter's smile is the lovely one you see above! I love to see people smile! Maybe that is why ...I like to capture smiles or snapshots of things that make others smile with my camera. I know we can't go through every minute of life with a smile but I hope that even when life is hard we can have a peace that others will notice and desire. My blog initially started as a way to honor my mom and her great outlook on life. She died in May 2010 from cancer. I don't think I can ever due justice to her life but I hope I can live my life in a way that would make her proud. The one other great privilege I have had is to be Carol Hensley Singletary's mother. She was our only child and she died suddenly on Feb .27, 2013. She was 19 years old. Her zest for life, her smile and her loving personna is missed by many, but none more than by her husband of just 6 months, Cooper. We carry on by grace and faith in God, and will look for any means to smile while we are left here on this earth for some reason by God. What I would give just to see the beautiful smile of my mom and daughter again! I know without a doubt I will someday, but until then I am going to try and praise my God and King in the life's good days and through life's pains. And i'm sharing here ...in hopes that you will smile with me. judy!

Friday, October 28, 2016

POEM The Day Carol was Born (A recollection on her 23rd Birthday)

For Carol's 23rd birthday: And a short explanation: When Carol was little and she could not get to sleep, she would ask me to tell her "About the day I was born":. So here is a lttle bit of the story...maybe it will work, on you too...putting you to sleep, i mean.

The Day You Were Born : Carol MIchelle Hensley..

Twenty three years ago on this day,
It was a beautiful fall day and we were so excited
To meet our new, first and only little Baby Hensley
And we’d get to finally know if you were a boy or a girl!

It all started when I awoke early on OCT 28, 1993 and wondered
If this was to be the day that you would come to stay??!!
When my water broke I told your Daddy to call the nurse
And ask if we needed to report to the hospital
They said “Yes, you might have a baby in your arms by days end!

Daddy was calm driving to the hospital
It helped that traffic was light at the time of 4 a.m!

At the hospital they got me all comfy
And hooked me and you up with lots of wiring
To monitors designed to tell them all sorts of things.
When I started having some discomfort
they asked if I wanted “the good drug?”
The one that would make me not feel a thing.
I responded : “YES, PLEASE, HURRY, Give that “ good drug” to me!!!!
That lasted well until they said I needed to start “pushing”
So I did until you decided to make your debut….
I was getting tired and it was late, when you finally decided to cooperate,
And you were born at 10:47pm on 10/28, 1993!

A beautiful baby girl whom we named Carol Michelle Hensley,
Arriving at 8 pounds even and 20 and a half inches long
with a lil bit of hair and amazing green eyes.

This bundle of love we would get to know well in 19 years.
We tried our best…. to raise and love you well,
And then Cooper took that over.
And then we dreamed new dreams for both of you!.

Things did not turn out how we would have liked
Because you died suddenly …and way to young ..living just 19 years.

But we place our hope and faith in this thought.
Today, we know… you are so happy in your heavenly home
And we cannot wait to see you again
Surely God will not make us wait too long!

So today as your mom, I choose to remember with great pride
The lovely life you lived,
your heart that you had for others,
And one of many things thing I miss so bad… your sweet smile

And I know that our girl’s spirit is not dead,

But instead….. is… so very alive!